With the college football season nearly a month away, we'll count down the top-12 Big 12 games for the upcoming season.

The criteria for the countdown is as follows.

-Games must be between two Big 12 opponents. Games like LSU v TCU are excluded from this list. -Talent on the field isn't the only factor. Entertainment, oddities and recent history factor into the list as well.

2) Baylor v TCU Date: November 30 Prediction: TCU 38 - Baylor 35 Reasoning: The Horned Frogs have had to play in Waco two seasons in a row, but they'll finally get a shot at playing Baylor at their home stadium this year. Since realignment, the matchup between these two is the best new rivalry in the Big 12. Robert Griffin III famously took down the ranked Frogs early on in his Heisman campaign and TCU responded by clobbering the Bears a year ago.

In the last two matchups, TCU has held Baylor under its season averages in rushing by an average of 105 yards less per game. Because of that lack of a running game Baylor has had to throw the ball more. RG3 was able to get past a younger Frogs secondary and Nick Florence struggled against a more experienced one mightily. Now that TCU's defense is returning 10 players, I don't see Bryce Petty being able to do any better than Florence did a year ago. The Horned Frogs will get a close victory in its first home game against Baylor as members of the Big 12.

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